Saint Joachim is not mentioned in the New Testament, and we must depend on apocryphal literature. Saint Joachim was a man of Galilee and the husband of Saint Anne.

Saint Joachim was away from home when he had a vision that Saint Anne was to be blessed with a child. On his return home Saint Anne told him of the visitation of an angel who had revealed to her the same blessing. There was ancient belief that a child born of an elderly mother who had given up hope of having offspring was destined for some high purpose and would be blessed by all the world.

The traditional tomb of Saint Anne and Saint Joachim was rediscovered in Jerusalem in 1889.

Saint Joachim, Father of the Blessed Virgin. Feast Day is August 6.